𐤊𐤌𐤍
Phoenician
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰammaːn/
Noun
𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /kammān/) m
- cumin
- 1962, Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, lines 6–7 of number 51 on page 14, from Egypt:
- 𐤆𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤘𐤛𐤚 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤃𐤌
𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤌𐤍- zyt mšql [20][3][2] wšqdm
wkmn wlʿrty ʿʿm wššmn - oil of a weight of 25 and almonds
and cumin and spread onto boards sesame
- zyt mšql [20][3][2] wšqdm
References
- Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) , “KMN”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 231
Punic
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /kammān/), from Akkadian 𒌑𒁷𒊺𒉪 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”).
Pronunciation
- (6th BCE Punic): IPA(key): /kʰammaːn/
- (2th BCE Late Punic): IPA(key): /kʰammaːn/
- (2th CE Neo-Punic): IPA(key): /kʰammoːn/
Noun
𐤊𐤌𐤍 (kmn /kammān/) m
- cumin
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 3.59::
- κύμινον ἥμερον· Ῥωμαῖοι κύμινουμ, Ἄφροι χαμάν.
- kúminon hḗmeron; Rhōmaîoi kúminoum, Áphroi khamán.
- Cumin: The Romans call it cumīnum, the Carthaginians kʰamán.
- κύμινον ἥμερον· Ῥωμαῖοι κύμινουμ, Ἄφροι χαμάν.
References
- Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) , “KMN”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 231
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 410
- “κύμινον ἥμερον – Cuminum cyminum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo, 2021